Revelation 13:18
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the brand of the beast, or the number of his name.
Cross References
Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness thus brings out God’s righteousness, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous - I speak after the manner of men - when he inflicts his anger on us?
Revelation 15:2And I saw the semblance of a glassy sea, mingled with fire; and standing by this glassy sea, with harps of God, were those who came off conquerors from the beast and from his image and from the cipher of his name.
Revelation 21:17And he measured its wall, two hundred and sixteen feet, man’s measure, which is an angel’s.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:12-18
The Second Beast. ( a. d. 95.) 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which… Read the whole commentary →